Britney Spears shares emotional post on mental health and complaining: ‘I try to stay grateful’

Britney Spears took to Instagram to share a long, emotional post about mental health wellness on Saturday.

The 40-year-old singer–songwriter first shared a caption written by Makenzy Smith, a Seattle-based artist.

Spears said she had no personal connection to Smith, and she simply liked her caption. 

The short paragraph read, ‘on cloud nine whenever my camera is in my hand [stars emoji]but I’m learning now more than ever that my job is not my purpose. it’s a huge part of my life and I LOVE it, but I am un learning the societal norm that I am worthy based on my productivity. 

‘you are worth so much more than what you can do in a day. you deserve rest and love, you don’t need to earn your place in this world. once you lean into this truth, the work becomes easier, it becomes a labor of love not a burden of the soul. so if no one told you today, you are worthy, you are loved, you deserve to be here, you’ll do great things in time [leaf emoji].’ 

Spears followed it up with several pages of her own thoughts beginning with, ‘Have you ever wondered why readers love to read [inquisitive face emoji]??? I don’t know … maybe because we choose to read [book emoji] rather than express. It’s our safety yet our own worse enemy !!!! You say to yourself “did i just read that the wrong way?” and then with a flip of a coin in literally 2 seconds, your whole universe could change because your mother’s voice sneaks into your brain with doubt and does that one thing you never wanted when you were younger … literally drown in the confusion [eyeroll emoji] !!!!

‘Question yourself again and again … I mean some people prefer others that way … why ??? It shows they are weak so in return it gives the other person power but let’s be honest … when I was drowning not one person lended a hand … they let me drown in that place and I believe that with all my heart … so NO I don’t want to be the dark reader who questions myself too much [shrug emoji] !!!

‘I need to swim up for air … find land … and scream til the end of time !!! But then it’s that damn voice of doubt … the fall comes slowly something you honestly have met with denial for a long time or wait … was that a denial at all [hand on chin emoji]  or was it your true innocence hanging onto the upper world of magic [magic wand emoji] ???’

Sharing a caption: The 40-year-old singer-songwriter first shared a caption written by Makenzy Smith, a Seattle-based artist

Her own thoughts: Spears followed it up with several pages of her own thoughts beginning with, ‘Have you ever wondered why readers love to read [inquisitive face emoji]???’

Replaying a conversation: After a small diversion into talking about magic and and her two sons who she called, ‘d*mn brilliant’

After a small diversion into talking about magic and and her two sons who she called, ‘d*mn brilliant,’ she talked about a recent conversation about complaining she had with a friend. 

‘I said to my friend last week “I feel bad about complaining” and you know what she said? Something I never thought I would hear her say … she said “to be totally honest with you, you hardly ever complain” !!! She said “What if negative is the new positive and positive is the new negative ???” She also said “Maybe to be negative is to be great” [shrug emoji] !!!! Okay … so I thought about it and was like “hmmmmm [hand on chin emoji] is that teaching me how to lie [flustered emoji]?????” I’m the worst liar ever [laughing/crying emoji] I’m like “Let’s hang out all week please[anxious emoji]” 

‘It sounds horrible but I wear my heart on my sleeve. Maybe being completely honest can get you hurt. It’s a vulnerable thing to do … the mind [brain emoji] is so sensitive. Be careful who you allow near it or how you speak to yourself !!! It’s called living at the brain and dear God I have a huge foreheard and its not always a breeze up there [monkey covering its eyes emoji] !!!

‘I wake up everyday and I try to stay grateful. The mind is so powerful … with a flip of a switch one thought can change everything. That’s pretty powerful if you think about it … with the two words of “I DO”, my husband wears a ring now that he works out in and realizes a WAY OVER DUE marriage can still lead to that thing called a fairytale [queen emoji][king emoji] !!!

‘How incredibly blessed I am … excited … elated … and genuinely thrilled I can share about MENTAL HEALTH. This well written caption touched my heart [rose emoji] !!! I have no idea who she is but it was well written. My intuition spoke so quietly and that whispering voice came in … it felt so so so so nice.’

Grateful: ‘I wake up everyday and I try to stay grateful,’ Spears wrote. ‘The mind is so powerful … with a flip of a switch one thought can change everything’

Questions for her followers: She finished off her comments, after thanking Smith, by asking a series of questions to her millions of followers

She finished off her comments, after thanking Smith, by asking a series of questions to her millions of followers. 

‘who inspires you guys ??? Which people lift you higher ??? Who can make you laugh so hard you pee on yourself ??? Keep those peeps [laughing/crying emoji] !!!’ 

She then told fans what she was reading, Invisible by Danielle Steel and Magical Household by Scott Cunningham. 

Spears’ rambling Instagram posts have grown more frequent since the end of years-long conservatorship last fall. She’s written about a number of topics in the past and focuses on mental health quite a bit on social media. 

She recently married her longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari in a Los Angeles ceremony last month. Asghari is her third husband.  

Newlyweds: She recently married her longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari in a Los Angeles ceremony last month. Asghari is her third husband (pictured 2019)